(Seated, left to right) Taxi driver Aakhom Sanmano
and Somjai Buasaen, who was caught performing the abortion, along with the
receptionist (not shown) have been remanded to custody.
Theerarak Suthathiwong
Regional police raided a Third Road clinic investigators allege was
performing illegal abortions.
Children and Women Protection Center officers descended upon the medical office
Nov. 24 after learning a motorcycle taxi had taken a pregnant girl there for an
abortion. Police entered to find an abortion in progress, along with the dead
body of a 5-month-old fetus.
Officers arrested Somjai Buasaen, 45, who was caught performing the illegal
procedure, along with receptionist Chitra Masiyapak, 21, and motorcycle taxi
driver Aakhom Sanmano, 31.
Investigators said the clinic had been raided several times before and believed
to be owned by Dr. Chanwith Sattayaprasert, who has been in hiding since an
earlier arrest.